Congress in overriding a veto by President George W. Bush enabling the enactment of a Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) reauthorization measure into law. The legislation authorizes hundreds of water infrastructure projects launched by ...
Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee who voted in favour of overriding the veto, said: “I have tremendous concerns about the sovereign immunity procedures that could be set in place by other countries as a result of this vote.” He said he had circulated a letter ...
Congress overrode two of these vetoes; one was pocket vetoed. President George W. Bush has not yet vetoed a bill. As a veto threat is carried out, Congress is faced with choices: letting the veto stand, achieving the difficult task of overriding the veto, meeting the President's ...
a. the power to veto bills.b. the power to collect taxes.c. the power to declare war.d. the power to establish courts. e. the power to regulate commerce. B The overriding political question throughout the evolution of Congress has been thea. balance of power among Congress, the ...
July 29, 2019 Overriding President Trump’s veto of a bill blocking the sale of arms to the United Arab Emirates (45-39) oppose Yes 98.0% -98.0 July 29, 2019 Overriding President Trump’s veto of a bill blocking the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia (45-40) oppose Yes 98.1% -98.1 July...
March 28, 2019 Opposing a ban on openly transgender people serving in the military (238-185) oppose Yes 0.2% -0.2 March 26, 2019 Overriding President Trump’s veto of a bill that overturned his emergency declaration for border wall funding (248-181) oppose Yes 1.1% -1.1 March 8, 2019 ...
Congress would then vote separately on overriding each item vetoed.The argument is that the line-item veto would give the president a weapon to combat wasteful pork-barrel projects coming from Capitol Hill. Many, perhaps most, appropriation bills have such projects tucked away somewhere - money ...
House of Congress in June 2008 which would grant a five-year authorization of agriculture programs. The House voted to override the veto of the bill HR 6124, followed by the Senate making up the two-thirds majority needed to enact a law over a presidential veto. Pros and cons to the ...
March 28, 2019 Opposing a ban on openly transgender people serving in the military (238-185) oppose Yes 0.0% 0.0 March 26, 2019 Overriding President Trump’s veto of a bill that overturned his emergency declaration for border wall funding (248-181) oppose Yes 0.4% -0.4 March 8, 2019 Up...
Schumer said “overriding a presidential veto is something we don’t take lightly.” “But it was important in this case that the families of the victims of 9/11 be allowed to pursue justice,” Schumer added. “Even if that pursuit causes some diplomatic discomforts.” The White House -...